It's Shark Week, and Mammoth Cave took the unofficial holiday to announce the discovery of a ancient shark species.

Biology How Prehistoric Mammoth Tusks Could Help Bust Modern-Day Ivory Smugglers A new forensic test could help identify poached elephant ivory being disguised and smuggled as legal mammoth tusks.

Colossal Biosciences, a startup trying to bring the prehistoric mammoth back from extinction, said it has achieved a first step: the Woolly Mouse. Using DNA and genomics technologies, scientists ...

Columbian mammoth fossils have been unearthed in several states, including California, Utah, and Nevada, and even as far south as Costa Rica, according to Smithsonian Magazine. One of the biggest and ...

The Jurupa Valley center’s grounds feature dinosaur figurines, including the iconic mammoth nicknamed Eddy that’s visible off the 60 Freeway. The center, which is open weekends, also has nature walks, ...

A new species of ancient shark has been discovered at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky, officials said.   Named Macadens olsoni, the fossils were found in the Ste. Genevieve Formation, dating ...

Woolly mammoth fossils, abundant on rivers and beaches in Alaska's interior, are shaped into jewelry or etched with scrimshaw, then sold to collectors and retail shops.

The giant mammoth tusk discovered in Mississippi is 7 feet long and came from an animal that weighed more than 10 tons.